Not Fade Away Page #5

Synopsis: On a train, Keith and Mick chat about the blues and the Rolling Stones are born. Douglas and Joe chat in front of a New Jersey music store, and a band is born: as Douglas's sister tells us, it's one of many that don't make it. We follow Douglas from high school (1963-64), when he sees himself as a loser, into the band, playing drums and singing backup - then as the front man. There are tensions, a breakup, an audition in front of a major player, and decisions. Douglas pursues Grace, a country-club gal with hip sensibilities who believes in him. There's also his father, working class, wanting Douglas to apply himself as he watches his own life fill with regrets.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): David Chase
Production: Paramount Studios
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
R
Year:
2012
112 min
$605,747
Website
359 Views


Chicago's electric.

- You were down there?

- Voter registration.

Cool.

Did she say who she was

going to the diner with?

Would you like to watch

my sister eat?

No.

I don't get it.

How come the English

knew all about the blues

and we didn't?

Yet it's been right here

under our nose the whole time.

I've seen Gracie

make a poop,

if that holds any

interest for you.

Lead Belly.

"Jump down, turn around,

pick a bale of cotton."

We sang this stuff in

elementary school.

Huddie Ledbetter and Lead

Belly were the same person?

I'm moving. The Village.

This is a series on Dad.

This paint

represents his blood

by way of whiskey sours.

His summer favorite.

Yeah.

This is Murray the K.

This meeting of the Swinging

Soiree is now in session!

Look.

What the hell is that?

It's a UFO.

It can't be a UFO.

It's completely stationary.

It's a three.

It's an omen.

No, it's an S.

He's right.

It looks like an S.

It's an S and a three.

It means success for

the three of us!

Holy f***ing sh*t!

# I've rolled and I tumbled

# I cried the whole night long

# I got up this morning

# Feelin' that something

gone wrong

The band sounds good.

Which do you think is better?

Our songs that are more bluesy

or more melodic?

When you sing with Gene,

your voice seems

to make the songs work.

So, your sister...

She's so outrageous.

I know you look up to her and all,

but I don't think

you think it's going so good.

# Well, baby, I ain't gonna

eat out my heart anymore

# I ain't gonna eat out

my heart anymore

It's time to chip in,

cut the demo.

I can't believe it costs

If we're not ready for the studio now,

we never will be.

Man, that is such a cliche.

Why do people say that?

Whether or not one is ready

at any given point in time

has nothing to do

phenomenologically with

whether one might be

increasingly ready later.

Maybe we could

be more ready.

Maybe Van Gogh wasn't ready

to cut off his ear

and if he'd waited...

I think I can sing

that song better.

What?

I think I can sing that song

better than you.

Actually, I agree.

Actually, I think that goes

for most of our songs.

Look, man,

the session's costing us $200.

He's got a better voice

than you. Sorry.

He can lay down drums

on a separate track.

All of a sudden you

care about money?

You don't even

have to work.

And you never bought

one f***ing guitar pick

-for this band.

- You are uptight!

We're talking about Damiano

singing lead,

not about familial wealth.

I don't really see the logic.

Okay.

Nah, it's not okay.

I don't want to do this demo

if it's just gonna be sh*t.

Not sh*t.

You know what I mean.

Hello?

Hi.

Hey.

- How's your cellar?

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David Chase

David Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American writer, director, and television producer who has worked in television for 40 years. His best known work is the HBO drama The Sopranos which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. He has also produced and written for such shows as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He has created the original series Almost Grown which aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989. He has won seven Emmy Awards. more…

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